Lateness

I'd better squeeze a post in as I work tomorrow night. I miss every second Thursday. I was on my way out to mow the lawn but we're having some rain so it won't be done till at least Friday. I could get a cow.....and eat it in the fall......

While I posted about the stunning flowers I was greeted with at work yesterday, the photo above is what greeted me when I came home from work right before posting. The girls have been trained to not touch a bird but no one told them you couldn't kill snakes. They were really proud and showed it off to me as soon as I walked up on the deck. I had photos of Clarke on the Shutterchance blog last year playing with a snake.

Just four days ago I posted Leonard's Everybody Knows done by Rufus (saving time here,) Was looking for something else today and saw this in the files. Ryan Adams uses the same name for his ballad but it's a completely different song. I think he's been a pretty popular fellow in the blogsphere so you may want to give him a listen. Something mellow is what I'm going for with my other song today. Dana Robinson was a recent discovery for me and I liked his simple folk song, Shady Grove. Reminded me of a long time ago. Just discovered that I uploaded these to Page One by mistake.

Above All, Relaxation

I've had the most gentle day off....really relaxed. I had two slight naps, went for half a walk, read in the sun twice, petted kitties who were so glad that I was home, and watched Oprah. I had planned a ton more walking with two areas up to pick for hiking...three, really. I changed my mind and opted for relaxation, not hiking. I decided to take a neighbourhood walk but the cats were out and wouldn't go in. Herding cats never works so I drove a little ways up the road and took a walk from there. They never follow the car. I think it's just what I need - a day of relaxation.

It's not over yet. I have a nice dinner of Mako shark planned with fresh from a garden veggies. You can't get any better than that. I want to burn some cd's and that's pretty darned relaxing if you're not in any hurry. I didn't make it up till ten last night but tonight I'm really going to try.

When I sat here the first music that came to mind was Rufus Wainwright. I put some on and that's what I give you now. I love this live version of Leonard Cohen's, Everybody Knows. I think he does Cohen songs well enough to do an album of his songs much like Jennifer Warnes did in the eighties. Gay Messiah is the more relaxing Rufus Wainwright.